Controlling Your Asthma: Patient Education Guide.pdf

This pdf material will help you and your health-care provider (doctor, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant) plan ways to control your asthma. Why? Because with good treatment, almost all people with asthma can live normal, active lives.

Prevention is the key. With a few lifestyle changes and medicine, you can learn to prevent serious asthma problems. Together with your provider, you will learn how to reach this goal.


Contents:

* What Is Asthma?
* Why Does Asthma Happen?
* Work With Your Health-care Provider
* How To Use a Peak Flow Meter
* Asthma Action Plan
* Asthma Medicine
* How To Take Asthma Medicines

Download free Controlling Your Asthma: Patient Education Guide.pdf (32 pages pdf file, 1.3 MB).

Tobacco Free Sport.pdf

This Tobacco-Free Sports Manual supports the Regional strategy. It has been produced to encourage support from health, education, sports and other organisations representing the government and non government sectors. I commend it to all those who are serious about addressing the tobacco epidemic and breaking the unhealthy connection between sports and tobacco.


Contents:

* 1. INTRODUCTION [ TOBACCO USE IN THE REGION ~ WHAT IS MEANT BY TOBACCO-FREE SPORTS ~ WHY TOBACCO-FREE SPORTS ~ TOBACCO-UNHEALTHY FOR SPORTS ~ SPORTING PERFORMANCE AND TOBACCO USE ~ TOBACCO-FREE SUCCESSES ~ SUMMARY ]
* 2. ACTION PLAN FOR TOBACCO-FREE SPORTS [ THE KEY PLAYERS ~ REMOVING TOBACCO SPONSORSHIP ~ TOBACCO-FREE POLICY ~ SUMMARY ]
* 3. EVALUATING TOBACCO-FREE INITIATIVES [ STEPS FOR SUCCESSFUL EVALUATION ~ EVALUATING PROBLEMS AND PITFALLS ~ SUMMARY ]
* 4. THE FUTURE
* 5. ANNEXES

Download free ebook to avoid smoking addiction: Tobacco Free Sport.pdf (25 pages pdf file, 1 MB).